Sustainable Shelter and Infrastructure Recovery Interventions in AsSweida – Phase I

The Syria Recovery Trust Fund (SRTF) and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) launched a new multi-sector project, “Sustainable Shelter and Infrastructure Recovery Interventions in AsSweida – Phase I”.

The project aims to improve access to essential services including education, water supply and decent shelter, focusing on displaced individuals’ and returnees’ households, through an integrated, area-based approach.

The project is expected to:                                              

• Improve access to education.
• Improve access to adequate water supply.
• Improve households’ shelter conditions.
• Support dignified returns.
• Strengthen community resilience.
• Contribute to the sustainable restoration of essential services in an underserved area.

This will be done by implementing the following activities:

• Rehabilitating 100 homes with moderate damage, by:
  • Restoring essential components including walls, roofs, windows and doors.
  • Conducting the necessary electrical and mechanical works.
  • Focusing on female-headed households, elderly people, families with limited financial resources, households with members who have chronic illnesses or disabilities and large families.
• Rehabilitating one school, by:
  • Conducting structural repairs for compromised elements and partial reinforcement where needed.
  • Remediating flooring.
  • Cleaning and rehabilitating sewer pipelines for proper sanitation.
  • Refurbishing a WC block, including tiling and plumbing repairs.
  • Restoring water supply connections and providing water tanks.
  • Reconstructing, plastering and finishing damaged walls.
  • Painting the interiors and exteriors of classrooms.
  • Installing a solar power system to provide a sustainable and reliable energy source for the school.
• Rehabilitating an existing borehole, by:
  • Supplying and installing pipe tap stands, a pumping room, a generator and a borehole pumping test.
  • Installing a dosage chlorination pump.

This is anticipated to:

• Provide returnees with increased and improved access to safe, adequate and dignified shelters, complemented by improved community infrastructure, which will contribute to individuals’ safety, stability and living conditions.
• Create a safe and inclusive learning environment to encourage enrolment and improve access to education.
• Improve and sustain returnees’ access to safe and reliable water.
• Strengthen the local water governance systems.

This project has a budget of EUR 489,115 and is expected to directly benefit 3,382 individuals and thousands of community residents indirectly, over a period of eight months. This will contribute to supporting dignified returns, strengthening community resilience and contributing to the sustainable restoration of essential services in areas in need.

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